只是
zhǐ​shì HSK3

only

只是 zhǐ​shì
only adverb
merely; only; just; nothing but; simply

我只是想帮你。

wǒ zhǐ​shì xiǎng bāng nǐ.

I just want to help you.

merely, just adverb
used to indicate that something is no more than what is being stated; simply
however adverb
but; however

这双鞋很好看，只是有点贵。

zhè shuāng xié hěn hǎo​kàn, zhǐ​shì yǒu​diǎn guì.

This pair of shoes looks good, but they're a bit expensive.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
632.4 per million appears in 86% of films
Written text
371.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)